Quickly connect Blink to Philips Hue

Popular Blink and Philips Hue workflows and automations

Useful Blink and Philips Hue integrations

Triggers (If this)

Motion detected
This Trigger fires when your Blink camera detects motion. Please note: Only the events stored in the Blink cloud are supported by the Blink.

Queries (With)

Actions (Then that)

Set a scene in a room
This Action well set a scene on your hue lights. NOTE: in order to add lights to a room, you must be using the newest version of the Hue app
Arm system
This Action will set your Blink system to Armed.
Turn on lights
This Action will turn on your hue lights.
Disarm system
This Action will set your Blink system to Disarmed.
Turn off lights
This Action will turn off your hue lights.
Toggle lights on/off
This Action will toggle your hue lights on or off.
Blink lights
This Action will briefly turn your hue lights off then back on.
Dim lights
This Action will dim or brighten your hue lights to a value between 0-100.
Change color
This Action will change the color of your hue lights. NOTE: Accepts color names and CSS hex color values. Defaults to white if no color match is found. NOTE: not compatible with hue lux bulbs.
Change to random color
This Action will change your hue lights to a randomly selected color. NOTE: not compatible with hue lux bulbs.
Change color from image
This Action will change the color of your hue lights to match the dominant colors found in an image you specify. NOTE: not compatible with hue lux bulbs.
Turn on color loop
This Action will turn on a slow color loop effect for your hue lights. NOTE: not compatible with hue lux bulbs.

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